In the blink of an eye, Gu Shuangpu had reached the depths of the river bottom. The surrounding area was not an empty flat area, but rather crisscrossed with ravines and a rather complicated terrain.
From ancient times to the present, the long years are enough to change everything, even the bottom of this river is no exception, it is no longer what it used to be.
Walking calmly at the bottom of the river, while observing and comparing with the illusory map in the purple pearl, his consciousness is wide open, and he is constantly exploring the surrounding situation.
After walking about ten miles, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
If he had read correctly just now, when he reached this position, the purple pearl in his palm suddenly flickered slightly, and it was fleeting. If he hadn't been paying attention at all times, he almost wouldn't have noticed it.
"Why is it flickering? Could it be..." Looking at the purple pearl that had regained its composure in his hand, Gu Shuangpu fell into deep thought, paused, and suddenly had an idea in his heart. Could it be that the ruins are nearby?
He looked around and found nothing suspicious. The only special thing was that there was an underground crack not far ahead. It was only two feet wide, but it gave people a vague feeling of depth.
Could it be underneath the crack?
Gu Shuangpu thought for a while and then made a decision. His body flashed very quickly and he was at the side of the crack in the blink of an eye. He looked deep into the crack, then dived straight into it.
The crack was very narrow and unimaginably deep, so he had to dive while constantly opening up, and finally opened up a passage.
About a thousand feet deep, he suddenly broke out of the stone layer and entered an unfamiliar space.
The space is not large, only about ten feet in diameter, and it is empty. Only in the central area is a semicircular light mask with a radius of several feet in length.
It was obviously formed by an array, and there was a simple hexagonal teleportation array inside the mask.
"That's right!" Gu Shuangpu, a strong man in the Nascent Soul stage, is naturally well-informed. Both the external formation and the internal teleportation formation are full of ancient meanings. You can tell at a glance that they are not modern things.
At the same time, he saw the same purple bead in the corner of the teleportation array, which was exactly the same as the one in his hand.
At this point, the original doubts in his heart were all dissipated.
No wonder this teleportation array has existed for such a long time without being discovered. It is located so deep underground and is covered by unknown formations. It is impossible to detect it unless you see it with your own eyes.
Even if it weren't for Zi Zhu's induction, it would be impossible for him to find this place.
After confirming this, he was naturally overjoyed. At the same time, he even guessed the origin of the ancient ruins here, hoping to gain a lot.
At his level, his own potential has been basically exhausted. If he wants to improve, apart from a long period of hard training, he can only rely on chance, and such ancient ruins are obviously the most tempting to him.
With such expectation, he no longer hesitated and immediately headed towards the teleportation formation.
When he got close to the light curtain, he suddenly swung his sleeves and robe, and in an instant, a green light struck the light curtain like a sharp blade, instantly cutting open a gap about a foot wide. The figure flashed into it, and the gap quickly closed as before.
Gu Shuangpu ignored it, but observed around the teleportation array very seriously.
After so many years, I don’t know if it can still be used. At least from the outside, there is nothing missing or damaged.
In addition, the scale of this formation is acceptable, and the teleportation distance should not be short. I just don’t know where it will be?
He has used his spiritual consciousness to the extreme, and he has not noticed any abnormalities within the range that he can sense, including the deepest depths of the earth. It can be seen that even below, it is far beyond its sensing range. Or maybe it's not down there at all, but somewhere else?
While thinking this, he inserted several intermediate spirit stones into the corresponding positions without hesitation. However, the expected situation did not occur, and there was no movement in the teleportation array.
"This..." Gu Shuangpu's expression changed slightly. Could it be that, as he expected, this formation could no longer be used due to its long history?
He was a little unwilling and observed carefully again. It wasn't until a moment later that I noticed a semicircular depression the size of a fist somewhere in the corner of the formation that I suddenly realized it.
Isn't that where the purple bead is placed, corresponding to the other one? Sure enough, when he put the purple pearl in his hand into it, the originally calm teleportation array finally began to vibrate.
The formation was successfully activated, and he was immediately overjoyed and entered the formation in a flash. With a flash of white light, his whole person disappeared in an instant.
…
A blinding light flashed before his eyes, causing Gu Shuangpu to subconsciously close his eyes. When I opened it again, I was already in a strange world.
The sun was shining brightly, and the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant. It was completely different from what he imagined of the underground space. The area was far wider than he expected. It was impossible to see the end at a glance, and even with his spiritual consciousness, he couldn't detect the edge.
What a paradise!
Gu Shuangpu murmured, facing the fairyland-like world in front of him, he felt happy in his heart. Similarly, I am looking forward to the ruins here more and more.
Stepping out of the teleportation array, he was about to continue exploring. But at this moment, the sound of drums suddenly sounded in my ears, if it was there or not, but it came from all directions.
"This is..." The sudden sound of drums made Gu Shuangpu instantly alert. After all, this was a ruin left by ancient monks, and he had no idea what the situation was. If there is any danger, even as a monk in the early stage of Nascent Soul, he cannot guarantee that it will be foolproof.
Thinking of this, he immediately became fully alert, and a blue light flashed in his mouth, spitting out a blue flying fork, which kept rotating around his body.
After waiting patiently for a moment, there was nothing unusual except for the continuous sound of drums. Even so, he still did not dare to take it lightly and casually drove the blue flying fork magic weapon forward.
The next step was relatively smooth, until after traveling at high speed for nearly dozens of miles, he who was slightly relaxed suddenly noticed something, stopped instantly, and his expression became surprised.
Not far ahead, there was also a teleportation array. If you read it correctly, it is very similar to the one when you came in, almost exactly the same.
"Could it be the teleportation array that left?" Gu Shuangpu wondered, and then he walked closer and looked at it carefully, and then embedded several mid-level spiritual stones into the grooves.
What surprised him was that there was no response from the teleportation array from beginning to end. It was obviously broken.
This result made his heart suddenly twist. This place was similar to an independent space. If he couldn't leave through the teleportation array, it would be troublesome.
Fortunately, the area here is large enough, and there may be other ways.
Suppressing the annoyance in his heart, he stopped delaying and crossed the teleportation array to continue moving forward. He even forgot to put away the few mid-level spirit stones he put into it.
The drumbeat of Ruoyouruowu was still ringing continuously, but unfortunately at this moment, he was too lazy to pay attention and instead increased the speed of progress.
No matter what, find the valuable locations first and ignore the rest for now. However, when he traveled nearly dozens of miles again, he saw a scene that surprised him.
Not far ahead, there was another teleportation array, still exactly the same as the previous two. Before he could step forward to check, he suddenly realized something and his pupils suddenly shrank.
The grooves around the teleportation array were already inlaid with several middle-grade spiritual stones. And if he saw it correctly, these were clearly the ones he had put into it not long ago.
"How is that possible?" Gu Shuangpu frowned. In an instant, he suddenly realized that he had traveled for more than a hundred miles in a row, but ended up spinning in place, not moving forward at all.
Could it be some kind of maze-like place? But what kind of maze could allow a strong man in the Nascent Soul stage to get trapped in it without even realizing it?
Or……
Suddenly, he suddenly thought of a possibility, and his expression suddenly changed drastically.
Suddenly a blue light flashed in the palm, revealing a blue ball the size of an egg, with electric light intertwined on the surface, which turned out to be a thunder bead. Similar to Tianleizi, it is an enhanced version condensed through special techniques.
Injecting a burst of mana, he then threw it dozens of feet away.
With a loud rumbling sound, the thunder beads exploded that day, and violent thunder and lightning energy filled the air.
All the exotic flowers and plants around were instantly affected, completely destroyed by lightning, and even the original ground was blasted into a huge deep pit.
Seeing this scene, Gu Shuangpu's expression did not change, but he stared straight ahead. Sure enough, what happened next was a scene that instantly made his heart sink to the bottom.
There was a flash of light, and the completely destroyed flowers and grasses, as well as the deep pits on the ground, disappeared and returned to their original appearance in an instant.
"Sure enough, it's an illusion!" Gu Shuangpu finally confirmed his guess, and his expression became extremely solemn.
What is more helpless is that he is not good at formations, and this illusion is most likely a legacy of ancient monks. It is certainly not small in terms of complexity and power, and I am afraid it will give some people a headache.
How to break the formation? He really didn't have a clue, and it seemed that there was no good way other than violent cracking. Brute force cracking is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but also very ineffective. When to crack it depends purely on luck.
After some weighing, he decided that there was no better way, so he had no choice but to give it a go. He suddenly slapped the storage bag, and a red light flew out, revealing a half-foot-square crimson wooden box.
The lid of the box slowly opened, revealing five red flags arranged neatly and several inches long. As soon as Fang appeared, bursts of fiery energy filled the air.
This set of 'Five Spirit Fire Control Flags' is still a set of ancient treasures that he accidentally obtained in the past. The quality is slightly inferior, but it has terrifying power in controlling flames.
The ancient treasure itself also contains the legendary 'Five Spirit Demon Fire'. Although it is not as high as the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, it is much more powerful than ordinary fire.
He did not hesitate, and immediately pressed the magic formula with both hands, and all five red flags rose into the air, and then they circled around him like blue flying forks.
His hands continued to twist the magic formula, and he also recited mysterious mantras in his mouth. At the same time, the five small flags burst out with blazing red light, like five flames that began to grow rapidly, growing to more than one foot in the blink of an eye.
The five-pole giant flag was circling at high speed, and five unknown fire-attribute monsters flashed on the flag one after another. There was faint violent energy gathering, as if it would burst out in an instant.
Seeing this, a hint of confidence suddenly flashed in Gu Shuangpu's eyes. With the help of the 'Five Spirit Fire Control Flag', the possibility of breaking through the illusory formation will definitely increase greatly.
Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, this flag consumes too much mana. Even if he has strong mana in his body, he still cannot hold on for long.
"I hope it goes smoothly!" Gu Shuangpu prayed secretly in his heart, and then he took off into the sky without further delay. Immediately afterwards, the five-pole giant flag burst out with a fiery brilliance under its control.
At the same time, the monster patterns on the flag seemed to come alive, roaring and roaring, and violent monster fires filled the air, turning an area of several hundred feet into a sea of red fire.
Not only that, Gu Shuangpu seemed to feel that he was not safe, and the magic formula of his hands changed again. The surface of the five-pole giant flag once again flashed with brilliance. A series of illusory fire-attribute demon spirits filled the air like a violent storm, and swept away in all directions at the same time. .
In an instant, the sea of fire spread crazily at a speed visible to the naked eye, sweeping over a radius of more than ten miles in the blink of an eye. The power of the demonic fire was really not low. No grass grew where it passed, and even some sand and stones were melted away.
Perhaps the energy of the demon fire was so violent that it actually had an effect. The exotic flowers and plants that were burned out did not return to their original state. Such a result also made Gu Shuangpu, who had consumed a lot of money, feel gratified that his efforts were finally not in vain.
However, before he could be happy for too long, the surrounding environment suddenly changed. The originally sunny world with the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers disappeared and was replaced by a vast and boundless grassland.
"This..." Gu Shuangpu was stunned. He had a special complex in his heart about the grassland. Even though he was sent to Tiannan when he was a child, and rarely returned in the following hundreds of years, as long as he saw it, There is always an instinctive sense of intimacy in my heart.
wrong! What am I thinking? How long has it been since this happened and you still have the mood to think about this?
When Gu Shuangpu came back to his senses, his expression became more and more solemn, especially the drumbeats that kept beating in his ears and got louder and louder made him a little upset.
Obviously, such a change without any stagnation proves that the illusion still exists, which means that the huge amount of consumption just now was all in vain.
"Damn it!" He cursed in his mouth, but immediately stopped the attack of the 'Five Spirits Fire Control Flag', and all the five fire spirits that diffused out began to return quickly and submerged themselves on the flag surface again.
After reaching this point, he froze there without any movement. He was not proficient in the formation of battles. He was a little helpless at the moment. Even if he had more methods and magic weapons, it would be difficult to use them in the face of such a weird illusion.
"Is it really possible that we are going to die trapped here?" Gu Shuangpu couldn't help but feel a little anxious, but what made him even more desperate was still behind. Just when he was at a loss, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from the void,
"Elder Gu, long time no see?"
(End of chapter)
